AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Copyright (c) 2013 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers Recent documents in AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 11:56:20 PDT 3600 The Practitioners’ Council: Connecting Legal Research Instruction and Current Legal Research Practice http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/75 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/75 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:40:05 PDT In order to better prepare law students to perform legal research outside of academia, legal research instructors must connect with contemporary legal research practice. A desire to make such a connection led the authors to form an attorney advisory board known as the Practitioners' Council to discuss legal research practice. The authors discuss the process of making the Practitioners' Council a reality and how it has improved their legal research instruction.

]]> David L. Armond et al. Open Division Resource-Based Learning and Course Design: A Brief Theoretical Overview and Practical Suggestions http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/74 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/74 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:33:37 PDT Ms. Butler argues that librarians teaching legal research should follow resource-based learning pedagogical strategies. Her article provides a background in constructivist educational theory and resource-based learning before identifying useful instructional strategies regarding course design decisions related to goal setting, assignments, rubrics, and assessment.

]]> Margaret Butler New Members Division Restoring the Public Library Ethos: Copyright, E-Licensing, and the Future of Librarianship http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/73 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/73 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:31:17 PDT Mr. Cross describes the privileged nature of libraries in copyright law and the way that the recent trend toward licensing content undermines that position. In response, he proposes aggressive licensing and library use guided by the public library ethos, the core set of beliefs and practices that justify libraries' privileged position.

]]> William M. Cross Student Division "Information is Cheap, but Meaning is Expensive": Building Analytical Skill into Legal Research Instruction http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/72 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/72 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:14:54 PDT Law students and new attorneys must have well-developed analytical skills in order to find information that is pertinent to their legal problems and to become competent legal researchers in today’s information-rich environment. Law librarians and legal research instructors can help develop students’ analytical skills by asking them to participate in activities that encourage metacognition about processes that are critical to information seeking.

]]> Yasmin Sokkar Harker New Members Division Law Libraries Linking Data to Mobile Devices: Save Patrons’ Time and Stay Hip http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/71 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/71 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:09:51 PDT Anna Russell et al. Short Form Division Training in FCIL Librarianship for Tomorrow's World http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/70 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/70 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:03:29 PDT Foreign, comparative, and international law (FCIL) librarianship has grown in importance along with the increased emphasis on global legal research. As the field moves forward, it is important to develop core competencies in FCIL librarianship. These core competencies will provide a common knowledge base among librarians throughout the world. New developments in technology, culture, and legal research necessitate a fresh look at the skills required to be successful in FCIL librarianship. This will then permit a wide range of information professionals to acquire an expertise in FCIL librarianship, through a certification process based on the attainment of these core competencies.

]]> Neel Kant Agrawal Student Division Forensic Bibliography: Reconstructing the Library of George Wythe http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/69 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/69 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:59:39 PDT The Wolf Law Library at the College of William and Mary initiated a project to recreate the library of George Wythe, the founding father of American legal education. A relatively small number of Wythe’s books are still extant today; for some volumes, there is strong documentary evidence to prove conclusively he owned specific editions of particular titles. Additionally, four bibliographies with varying levels of substantiating information provide insight into the contents of Wythe’s library. Examination of these sources launched an excursion into bibliographic history and rare book collecting that illuminates the difficulties in attempting to establish the exact editions contained in a historical personal collection. The project expanded the known contents of George Wythe’s library and altered the law library’s existing collection development policy to accommodate the new discoveries.

]]> Linda K. Tesar Open Division A Jester's Promenade: Citations to Wikipedia in Law Reviews, 2002-2008 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/68 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/68 Tue, 11 May 2010 09:14:51 PDT Due to its perceived omniscience and ease-of-use, reliance on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia as a source for information has become pervasive. As a result, scholars and commentators have begun turning their attentions toward this resource and its uses. The main focus of previous writers, however, has been on the use of Wikipedia in the judicial process, whether by litigants relying on Wikipedia in their pleadings or judges relying on it in their decisions. No one, until now, has examined the use of Wikipedia in the legal scholarship context. This article intends to shine a light on the citation aspect of the Wikipedia-as-authority phenomenon by providing detailed statistics on the scope of its use and critiquing or building on the arguments of other commentators.

Part II provides an overview of the debate regarding the citation of Wikipedia, beginning with a general discussion on the purposes of citation. In this Part, this article examines why some authors choose to cite to Wikipedia and explains why such citation is nonetheless *362 problematic despite its perceived advantages. A citation analysis performed on works published by nearly 500 American law reviews between 2002 and 2008 is the focus of Part III, from a description of the methodology to an examination of the results of the analysis and any trends that may be discerned from the statistics. Finally, Part IV examines the propriety of citing to Wikipedia, culminating in a call for tighter editorial standards in law reviews.

]]> Daniel J. Baker New Members Division The Need for Faculty Status and Uniform Tenure Requirements for Law Librarians http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/67 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/67 Tue, 11 May 2010 09:11:13 PDT Various statuses, tenure tracks, and performance review standards exist in law librarian tenure or continuous appointment policies. Professor Parker argues that law library leaders should insist on faculty status for librarians, develop uniform performance review standards for retention and promotion policies, and support scholarship with workshops and time off from administrative duties to write.

]]> Carol A. Parker Open Division Moving Past Web 2.0h! An Exploratory Study of Academic Law Libraries http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/66 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/66 Tue, 11 May 2010 09:09:20 PDT Web 2.0 continues to be a popular topic within the library community. This article reports the results of a study conducted of a sample group of academic law libraries regarding their use of common Web 2.0 applications and discusses the potential utility of these tools in this library setting.

]]> Deborah E. Shrager Student Division What if Law Journal Citations Included Digital Object Identifiers?: A Snapshot of Major Law Journals http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/65 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/65 Tue, 11 May 2010 09:05:41 PDT Prevailing citation practice in law journals is to use uniform resource locators (URLs) when citing electronic sources. Digital object identifiers (DOI) provide a more reliable and robust mechanism for citing digital, scholarly articles. This study examines to what extent DOI names exist but are not used in law journal citations. Citations to scholarly articles from twenty-five randomly-selected articles appearing in the 2007-2008 volumes of four major law journals (Harvard Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Yale Law Journal, and University of Pennsylvania Law Review) were checked for existing DOI names using CrossRef's Simple Text Query form. This resulted in 394 citations that could have had DOI names, but did not. This number suggests that law journal editors and librarians should consider adding DOI names to citations. For journals that publish exclusively online or are interdisciplinary, assigning DOI names to their own articles may be a prudent measure to better ensure long-term digital access and citation by scholars in other fields.

]]> Benjamin J. Keele Student Division Linguistic Applications of LEXIS and WESTLAW http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/64 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/64 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:32:33 PST This article surveys some of the potential linguistic applications of these extraordinary resources [WESTLAW and LEXIS]. In particular, I suggest ways in which the legal databases can facilitate the compilation of new law dictionaries which correct the glaring deficiencies of existing legal word-books, and ways in which the databases can be used to improve upon the historical record of legal language contained in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

]]> Fred R. Shapiro Open Division Francois-Xavier Martin: Printer, Lawyer, Jurist http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/63 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/63 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:24:16 PST The early course of American jurisprudence was charted by little-remembered figures whose influence on their own time was great. Mr. Chiorazzi recounts the accomplishments of Francois-Xavier Martin, a lawyer, publisher, and jurist in North Carolina, who went on to achieve prominence in Louisiana. A bibliography of works about and published by Martin is appended.

]]> Michael Chiorazzi Open Division The Career Paths and Education of Current Academic Law Library Directors http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/62 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/62 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:20:49 PST Based on published biographical information, Mr. Slinger provides a profile of current academic law library directors, highlighting their educational attainments, work experiences, academic ranks, and publications. Comparative data by gender are presented.

]]> Michael J. Slinger Open Division Volume Count: A Survey of Practice and Opinion from Academic Law Libraries http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/61 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/61 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:11:45 PST Volume count is a common method for measuring and comparing library collections. Yet both the accuracy of volume counts and their validity for comparative purposes are questioned regularly. Mr. Flores reports the results of a survey of law school deans and law library directors designed to elicit their perceptions and attitudes about the use of volume count in law library statistics.

]]> Arturo Flores Open Division Classified Information and Legal Research http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/60 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/60 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:57:39 PST Much U.S. Government information is withheld from public scrutiny under classification procedures established by executive order. Mr. Mitchel traces the development of federal policy in this area into the Reagan presidency.

]]> Steven E. Mitchel Open Division The Most-Cited Law Review Articles http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/59 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/59 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:48:53 PST I present in this study a list of the most-cited law review articles of the last forty years. Such a project falls somewhere between historiography and parlor game, and I will not claim any more significance for it than is warranted. It is my hope, however, that by listing these articles I will draw attention to writings that, by virtue of their objectively measured impact, deserve to be called classics of legal scholarship.

]]> Fred R. Shapiro Open Division The Social Responsibility Movement Among Law Librarians: The Debate Revisited http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/58 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/58 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:45:01 PST Mr. Torres reviews the major social responsibility movements within the public library and law library communities from the early 1900s to the 1970s, with special emphasis on the development of the law library movement in the early 1970s.

]]> Arturo L. Torres New Members Division The Curse of Thamus: An Analysis of Full-Text Legal Document Retrieval http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/57 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/57 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:41:28 PST Full-text computer-assisted research systems have become standard tools for searching large quantities of legal documents. Yet there remain questions as to the relative effectiveness of full-text searching. Mr. Dabney reviews recent research into these questions and discusses the implications of the results for computer-assisted legal research systems. He concludes that the performance of currently available systems could be improved.

]]> Daniel P. Dabney New Members Division Computers: Planning for Disaster http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/56 http://works.bepress.com/aallcallforpapers/56 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:21:38 PST Ms. Drewes recommends ways to protect computers and include them in library disaster/contingency planning. She also discusses routine backup, protection of software and hardware, insurance/manufacturer agreements, and disaster plan updating.

]]> Jeanne Drewes Open Division